剧情介绍
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红（其实已经在走下坡路）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾，故事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平面化，缺少发展。这都是题外话了。 《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。在第一集中，Steve决定“再次”和女友Jane分手，结果却被Jane三言两语引诱到洗手间亲热；Patrick想把和Susan的关系再进一步，却被告知根本不存在什么“关系”； Susan在洗手间碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向他表示好感，两人订下约会以后Steve钻进隔间继续……。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展，还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事，等等。 本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止，而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平，无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。2002年底，第3季播毕，故事情节基本告一段落。美国NBC看到这部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两地均广受欢迎，觉得正好可以搬来做2004年终于要关张的《Friends》的接班人，于是2003年大张旗鼓地决定翻拍美版《Coupling》。美国的fans本来以为这是件好事，没想到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用了全台词照搬的方法，虽然个人没看过，不过也可以想象到有多恶心，结果只播出一集Pilot就因为骂声太大而整个计划搁浅（这点上美国佬是值得学习的，不象中国有些搞影视的骂声越大越要上）。在这里http://www.nbc.c om/Coupling/ 可以看到这个计划的尸体 ，还有一些彻底走了 味儿的剧照。 200 3年底，本剧获得英国 喜剧奖（BCA ）最佳电视喜剧奖。BBC已经 在2004年正式开拍并 播出第4季，不过Jef f这个人物将不再出 现，而代之以新角色——经营S ci-Fi书店的Oliver ，由Richar d Mylan扮演。从已经播出 的几集来看，应该 说在更换主要角 色之一的背景下 ，基本保持了前3季的水准，但 是同时也流露出对前3 季中成功情节进行 拷贝的迹象，希望这仅仅是偶然 。 Two&am p;#39;s com pany, thr ee's a crowd... so w hat do you do with six ? On avera ge, men an d women th ink about se x every six sec onds. S horten that t o every secon d, and you& ;#39;ve got Coupling. It&#3 9;s more th an just a one night st and! When a cou ple gets toge ther, it&am p;#39;s n ever just th e two of them - they also bring bagga ge - and S usan (Sar ah Alexa nder) and Steve (Jack Da venport ) are no exce ption. Their bagga ge is a cro wd of b est friends an d exes who tal k about all a spects of sex a nd relationsh ips on their ne ver-end ing que st to find tr ue love. P erhaps, perhaps, perhaps... Susan Walker is a b eautiful go-g etter with an uninhib ited attitude who used to d ate Patric k Maitland (Ben Miles), the sextet&#39 ;s charismat ic, cock y player, Lon don's king of conque sts - a g uy who& amp;#39;s just too cool to worr y about being smar t. Attr active Sally Harper (Ka te Isitt) is a beauty th erapist who is Susan&am p;#39;s unasha medly vain bes t friend, w ho aggressive ly battle s aging with he avy doses of m oisturizer and men - inclu ding Patric k. Meanwhi le, Steve Tay lor, wh ile getting t ogether with Su san, can&# 39;t seem to shake loo se from his viva cious and slightly v acuous ex-gir lfriend Jane Chris tie (Gina Bellman), a w oman supremely confident in h er ability to seduce anyone of eit her sex, an d who refuse s to be dumpe d unless s he&#39 ;s the one do ing the dumping. Jef f Murdoch (Richard Coyl e) is Steve&am p;#39;s &a mp;quot;porn buddy&q uot; who is, in equa l parts, obsessed and bewilder ed by a ctual se x; charming in his way, but with an uncanny abilit y to say t he wrong t hing at the wor st possible time. H e works in the same offi ce as S usan, with whom he had a d isastrous and u nsuccessfu l one-ni ght fling . Coupling h as been honour ed with the prestigio us Silver Ros e of Montr eux, Be st TV Comedy Award, and is recent winner at the 20 03 Briti sh Come dy Awar ds. With a new guy on the scen e, a baby on the way , commitment in the air, and lov e on the horizo n, the d ynamics of th e six f riends are definite ly changi ng. At the e nd of l ast season Sus an and Steve discovered they were pregna nt (wel l, mostly Susan), confir med bach elor Pat rick and Sall y finall y admitted th eir true fe elings for each other , and po or Jane wa s left on her own, once again . But it& ;#39;s not all doom and gloom for Jane. As t he new season opens , things are looking up. The re& #39;s thi s guy called Oliver, who has hi s eye o n her. Is it po ssible that lifetime loser i n love Oliv er might jus t get somewhere with lif etime l oser in love J ane? Tro uble is, his apart ment is a little & quot;un-ed ited& quot; and his living ro om has l ost the ba ttle wit h magaz ine nudity.. . Susan and Ste ve are now well and truly an item. S o why is he dre aming about be ing executed by a fetus wi th an axe? Me anwhile Sally and Patrick a re settling int o their new r elationsh ip. But sin ce the daw n of time, me n and wom en have been fa lling i n love - and me n have been tr ying to get home str aight a fterwards. Can fallen play boy Patr ick ever find his way back fr om the e nchanted glad e of his one true love a nd get a de cent nig ht's sleep?详情
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